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Women in the pulpit are still a rarity, according to a new survey that finds only 11 percent of congregations in the United States are led by women the same as it was in 1989. The Pew Center has an interesting story and graphic that shows which denominations and religions ordain women and which ones don't: American Baptists -- yes; Southern Baptists -- no. Evangelical Lutherans -- yes; Missouri Synod Lutherans -- no. Buddhists -- yes; Catholics -- no. Reformed and Conservative Jews -- yes; Orthodox Jews -- no. Read the whole story here: http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/09/09/the-divide-over-ordaining-women/

In the final stretch of one of the nation's most competitive Senate contests, the politics of race — always present in this Southern capital — are dominating the campaign.
Long, festive lines of mostly African American voters stretched through an Atlanta...

Mary Ellen Noone recalls those bleak years in the back of the bus, when her pride would desert her as her parents warned about blacks "knowing their place."
On rainy days, as she and her mother, Geraldine Bailey, waited for a public bus, the...